It first started with the Pearl Harbor Attack and was officially announced by Roosevelt in the Quarantine Speech.
Akbar was accorded the epithet "the Great" because of his many accomplishments, including his record of unbeaten military campaigns that consolidated Mughal rule in the Indian subcontinent. The basis of this military prowess and authority was Akbar's skilful structural and organisational calibration of the Mughal army.
It gives all accused criminals the right to a fair trial. This way the government cannot prosecute them for something they did not do.